“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 97

Helen and I discuss our six-year-old’s letter to the president about health care reform. We also share our thoughts on LGBT families and California’s Proposition 8, Rosie O’Donnell’s upcoming show for kids, the impact of divorce on families, and a new list of LBGT-inclusive books from the American Library Association.

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 96

Helen and I share two new CD’s of lesbian- and gay-inclusive kids’ music (about which more here). We then discuss arranging playdates when you’re the only LGBT family in the school. Plus: extra sprinkles!

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 95

In our first vlog for the new year, Helen and I show off the new Wii Santa brought our son. (Clever Santa.) We discuss the communal nature of today’s video games, setting video game limits with kids, and violence in Legoland. Helen also talks about a wonderful and slightly gender-bending new children’s book about Emily Dickinson, My Uncle Emily.

I know we’re not the only ones out there who got new Wiis this season. (I’m looking at you, Deb, Liza, and Vikki.) Tell us if or how you’ve set Wii limits with your own kids—or yourselves for that matter. Or do you just stock up on Gatorade and play till you drop?

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 94

Helen and I discuss shopping for our new car and Helen shares her thoughts on why shopping “green” isn’t always as easy as it seems. (Helen also goes into more detail over at her place about our car purchase.)

We also bring news of more lesbian birds trying to incubate eggs, and a project to encourage human LGBT families to send holiday cards to the White House.

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 93

Helen and I share the harrowing but not tragic story of totaling our car last week. We then discuss asking and telling at our insurance company, which only covers members and former members of the military. Plus: a new memoir about growing up in the 1970’s as the child of a lesbian mom. And really bad car puns!

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 92

Helen and I discuss the second volume of LGBT parenting essays to come out of Canada this year, one that explores the many new and unnamed family connections that are created when one uses a known donor. We also offer some advice and suggestions for those buying gifts for children (or their parents) this season. (We made the podcast with our After Ellen viewers in mind, who are less likely to be parents themselves than those of you reading here. If you have your own ideas for kids’ (or parents’) gifts, please leave a comment.)

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 91

Helen and I assert that, contrary to recent headlines, lesbian parents are not better than straight ones (although we’re certainly no worse). We also discuss Thanksgivings past and future and some of our favorite holiday crafts and recipes. (Share yours in the comments!)

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 90

This week, Helen and I discuss two new must-read books about LGBTQ families. We also share a classic children’s drawing book we’ve been enjoying with our son, and the joys of used office supplies.

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 89

Helen and I bring you up to date on Scholastic’s refusal to carry a book with lesbian moms at its book fairs. The company has now made a step in the right direction, but is it enough? We also discuss Preacher’s Sons, a great new documentary showing five years in the lives of two gay dads and the five sons they adopt from California’s foster care system. Plus: If you think lesbian parenting is funny, you don’t know enough about wombats.

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“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 88

I’m vlogging solo this week since Helen is away on business, so I’ve kept it short and sweet. I talk about seeing “Harry Potter: The Exhibition” with our son and reading the first book with him. I also discuss Scholastic’s request that an author change the lesbian moms of a character into a mom and a dad, the reaction from around the Internet, and the company’s response. (Regular readers will know I’ve covered the Scholastic issue extensively on the blog here already; I wanted to get the word out to the vlog-only audience as well.)

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